Jason Evanish
Co-Founder, GreenhornConnect.com and Customer Development Manager at oneforty, the app store for Twitter.

An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and angel investor, Reid Hoffman has played an integral part in building many of today’s leading consumer-technology businesses. Hoffman was a founding board member and executive at PayPal before he launched LinkedIn from his living room in 2003. By the end of the first month, LinkedIn had 4,500 members;...

Local innovators and forward thinkers who have the passion, curiosity, and tenacity to change the world with their revolutionary ideas.

Don't miss out! Join Boston's best and brightest entrepreneurs on May 21, 2011 at Microsoft NERD as we learn from some of the top bootstrappers in the country. We'll be exploring:

Bootstrapped customer development
How to build a team without a budget
Cheap (and free!) tools to build your project
Building profitable side businesses...

#RubyRiot will be a riot. Well, sorta. It’s all about making connections. You help make Boston a great place to riot (umm, make connections) and everyone wins.

SIGN UP for the event: http://therubyriot.com

Oh, and tell some others too.

With over 75 inches of snow this winter the nice weather here in Boston cannot come soon in enough. So in true BostInno fashion we are throwing an early summer kickoff on Cinco de Mayo.

Join us at Tia's on the Waterfront for some cocktails and good company. We have rented the bar so please make sure you register.
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Do you love epic action movies? Fast cars? Minimal plot with plenty of rev and boom?

Join us for #StartupMovie on Friday to see Fast Five starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel and The Rock.

It's 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, so it might even actually have a plot this time!

We're going to the 9PM showing at Loews BOSTON COMMON. Get your ticket...

While flash mob is described below as only taking place for 'a brief time,' you might wanna hang to kick back a few brews with our crew

OH...AND...

Two words: COSTCO. CAKE.


A flash mob (or flashmob)[1] is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief...

#WhiskeyFriday moves to Davis this week. If you've never been to Sligo, the drinks have startup-friendly pricing.

As always, no one is looked down upon for their choice of beverage at Whiskey Friday.

We're staying in Central this week.

Swing by and we'll head over to the Social Sci party at DPL!

Founder Dialogues is kicking off the New Year with a very exciting guest, Andy Palmer, Parallel Founder with an impressive background and track record. Come join us at the next Founder Dialogues IV and experience Andy’s story on January 26th, 2011 at the Microsoft New England R&D Center from 6pm - 8pm.

Have you ever looked at the Sky Mall catalog and say to yourself "How have I gone this long without an ankle air conditioner?"

Probably not but the fact is that there are a lot of start ups and more will be formed before you finish reading this description. It's getting harder and harder to get the attention you need to...

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA) will be hosting a party. There will be a guest list for startups and investors. More details to follow.

Live music by Radiostar, with guest performance by Andrew Mason, CEO of Groupon!

http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP8355

Too many customers are sitting listening to hold music waiting for their problem to get resolved. Instead of stewing privately they are now airing their grievances publicly. To anyone and everyone that will listen. The BP oil spill and Toyota recalls have showed us how people are using social media tools to give pissed off customers a new voice...

Escape the madness for some R&R at the Twitter Retreat. Grab a seat under the sun, listen to some tunes, and meet some people.

Plenty of Twitter folks will be around and eager to meet you.

There will be delicious BBQ from @FranklinBBQ and fancy ice-cream sandwiches from @Coolhaus to consume throughout the day.

Recover from the night before by enjoying brunch with other community managers at SXSWi.

Join us at @patikacoffee just a few blocks from the convention center for coffee and po' boys from Turf and Surf.

Catch up with friends about the best events and fuel up for 2 more days of panels and parties.

Plancast: http://plancast.com/p/44qa

At first, Social Media was simple. It was about you and your voice as an individual. Today is different. Do companies, organizations or even individuals spend time on social media which could be much better spent on other activities? Yes!

But how do you outsource your "voice"? Will it damage your brand or credibility? Can you...

Social media applications encounter messy user-generated data in blog posts, status updates, tweets, user profiles, etc. These documents contain free-form text that obeys no particular rules of grammar, punctuation or spelling. If the data is so messy, how can a computer program recognize adult content or hate speech or spam? How can a computer...